Toronto was the first major city in North America to roll out curbside organics collection in 2002. But, we missed our target to reduce our waste by 70% by 2010.

TEA believes that Toronto can be an environmental leader again. With a committment, more education, and the right investment in the right infrastructure, Toronto can beat our 70% target and get to 90% before New York does!

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TEA’s Waste Free challenge is a project of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. The project is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario. The challenge is sponsored by CUPE Local 416, the union representing Toronto City workers who collect, sort, recycle and compost Toronto's residential waste.